Roman Cybriwsky

Areas of Expertise:

Urban-social geography,world cities, neighborhood changes and development, cultural geography, Pacific Asia.

Professor Cybriwsky now serves as Temple 's Director of Asian Studies.

Education:

1972 – Ph.D. in Geography, The Pennsylvania State University
1969 – M.S. in Geography,, The Pennsylvania State University

Courses:

GUS 1025 World Urban Patterns
GUS 2025 American Place: Home City Region
GUS 2074 Geography of South, Southeast and East Asia
GUS 4014/5015 Urban Social Geography

Teaching:

Professor Cybriwsky has been at Temple since 1972. He teaches courses about world cities, Asian geography and the geography of North America at the undergraduate level, and about urban-social geography and global cities at the graduate level. His lectures are profusely illustrated with photos from his travels and his research abroad.

Research:

Dr. Cybriwsky's research interests include urban-social geography, urban planning and development, social aspects of the built environment, and neighborhood social change. He has worked in several of the world's largest cities, including New York , Tokyo and Jakarta , as well as in central Philadelphia and Phnom Penh , Cambodia . He also works on the geography of Japan and Pacific Asia more generally.

Dr. Cybriwsky's current research emphasizes the growth and development of Tokyo and the city's challenges for urban planners. He has written extensively about Tokyo , including books entitled Tokyo: The Changing Profile of an Urban Giant (1991); Historical Dictionary of Tokyo (1997); and Tokyo: The Shogun's City at the 21 st Century (1998). His current book project, nearing completion, is about Tokyo 's premier nightclub district as a globalization venue and target for redevelopment, and is entitled Roppongi Crossing . He is also working on a book with his own photographs of Tokyo 's “secret places” and accompanying text in Russian.